Surf’s Up?
The other day I heard someone say that late March-early April is a prime time for surfin’ off the Texas coast. Didn’t know the Gulf of Mexico had any decent waves to speak of, in fact although I grew up along the upper Gulf Coast I don’t know a thing about surfing. Would that make me a ho-dad?
Well, I do know this: the best surf music came out in the early 1960s. So while our wave-riding bros are down in Galveston and Corpus waiting to hang ten on the right wave, here are some surfin’ (and car ridin’ down to the beach) tunes. The final song is a Beach Boys ringer from their final (terrible) album, tossed in here just as a goofy foot kinda thing. Or something.
MP3: “Devil Surf” by Chiyo and the Crescents
MP3: “Surf Beat” by Dick Dale & the Del-Tones
MP3: “Dr. Who Goes Surfing” by the Surfin’ Guitarist
MP3: “Malibu” by Bruce Johnston (pre-Beach Boys)
MP3: “Bird Dance Beat” by the Trashmen
MP3: “Moment Of Truth” by the Surf Teens
MP3: “Tell ‘Em I’m Surfin’ ” by Jan & Dean
MP3: “Stoked” by the Beach Boys
MP3: “California Street” by the Jalopy Five
MP3: “The Hearse” by the Astronauts
MP3: “Jersey Channel Islands Part 7” by Bruce Johnston (still pre-Beach Boys)
30 Days Out 
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